Living Overseas - Husband Got International Job Offer

[AE1206 0]

My husband got a very good international job offer that would require him to live overseas in Europe it is a 3-4 year post with the possibility of extending past that.

How does it work for me in terms of loosing my rights to come back to the US if I go with him etc?

We are married and got married in the US.

I entered on a K1 visa

I have a social security # and m now just waiting for my green card which hasn't come after 180 days.

I heard about something like reentry permit or something like that were I can't work and if I do I will loose my green card.

I don't want to loose my green card is the only way for this to happen is for us to stay in the US until I become a citizen.

What would happen if I loose the card and move with him, would I have to do the same thing all over again? Or would I never be able to live in the US again and only apply for tourist visa?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

My husband got a very good international job offer that would require him to live overseas in Europe it is a 3-4 year post with the possibility of extending past that.

1. How does it work for me in terms of loosing my rights to come back to the US if I go with him etc?

We are married and got married in the US.

I entered on a K1 visa

I have a social security # and m now just waiting for my green card which hasn't come after 180 days.

2. I heard about something like reentry permit or something like that were I can't work and if I do I will loose my green card.

3. I don't want to loose my green card is the only way for this to happen is for us to stay in the US until I become a citizen.

4. What would happen if I loose the card and move with him, would I have to do the same thing all over again? Or would I never be able to live in the US again and only apply for tourist visa?

Thanks in advance for your help.

1. Depends on whether you maintain your status. You would need to file for a re-entry permit but you're only "allowed" out for 2 years max and you'll still need to maintain ties to the US (file taxes etc). Your time overseas won't count towards applying for USC

2. Re-entry permit yet. Not work?.. no. But by working overseas they MAY determine that you've moved overseas and thus abandoned your GC

3. ... If that is your choice.

4. No. You would file for an IR-1 visa (spousal) but you would file while he's still overseas in the embassy overseas and it'll be quicker because you'll get quicker processing with him overseas with you. You'll enter on the IR-1 visa and get your GC stamp in your passport.

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By giving up your GC you will need a visa to visit the US which might be hard to get being the spouse of a USC. You won't be trapped out of the US forever, you'll probably just not be able to visit until you file for the GC again.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

*** Moving from K1 to Travelling during US immigration ***

I would say go for the re-entry permit first- you have good reason for one, and it gives you two years to decide what to do, in case the job is shorter than expected.

Edited November 3, 2012 by Penguin_ie

[hmh33 117]

But you can't get a re-entry permit until you're a permanent resident, which apparently you are not yet - you're still in the process of adjusting status. Tricky situation. It might be that you just have to bite the bullet and leave, abandoning your application to adjust status, and get an IR-1 when you want to come back. Bit of a pain in the ####.

Do you at least have your EAD + AP?

[AE1206 0]

well i can wait for my green card which should come soon

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Be realistic.

You'll receive your Green Card and the next morning you are on a plane out of the United States for a very long time. That's really not the idea of permanent residency. You also could not remain in the U.S. while your lawfully wedded husband lives in Europe. None of this works. You really may have to start over when the time comes to move back to the United States. If you are still married by then, your husband can file a new I-130 for you about 1 year before the big move, and you'd get a new Green Card then.